The association between parents' BMI and their children's BMI during childhood may be primarily due to genetic inheritance ...

A new study sheds light on one of the great enigmas of microbiology: why only certain strains of common bacteria become pandemic pathogens. The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a study ...

In a recent article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the role of genetics in the phenotypic association between screen time and psychiatric problems using a large ...

Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to ...

Scientists found that one tiny genetic change can completely alter how a coronavirus behaves in different species. Comparing ...